Chris Chase is the Portland, Maine-based executive editor of SeafoodSource. Previously, he worked covering local issues at the Coastal Journal in Bath, Maine, where he won multiple awards from the Maine Press Association for his news coverage and food reviews. Chris is a graduate of the University of Maine, and got his start in writing by serving as a reporter and later the State Editor of The Maine Campus, an award-winning campus newspaper.
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The United States Trade Representative (USTR) recently released its first-ever Trade Strategy to Combat Forced Labor, which covers the seafood supply chain and illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing prominently.
The USTR said the new strategy is the first time the U.S. has ever laid out a comprehensive approach to using trade tools to combat forced labor in supply chains. USTR Ambassador Katherine Tai said the new strategy is
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Norway’s seafood industry broke several records in 2024, but the Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC) and members of the seafood industry said to remain prepared for potentially tougher times given multiple uncertainties about the future.
According to NSC statistics, the country exported a record-breaking NOK 175.4 billion (USD 15.5 billion, EUR 14.9 billion) worth of seafood products in 2024 – NOK 3.7 billion (USD 327 million, EUR 315
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Europeche, the European Transport Workers Federation, and officials within the E.U. are pushing the bloc to adopt new policies to protect the future of fishers.
E.U. Social Dialogue Committee for Sea Fisheries Chair Cor Blonk, speaking at the “Fishers of the Future” conference, called for urgent action from policymakers to secure the future of the bloc’s fishing fleet to support Europe’s food
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Northern Wind’s recent acquisition of Atlantic Caped Fisheries was in large part due to diminishing scallop quotas in the U.S. Northeast.
Atlantic Sustainable Catch, which is composed of Northern Wind, Suncoast Seafood, and Raymond O’Neill & Son Fisheries, acquired the business in late December 2024, which will see Northern Wind take over the processing and sales division of the company. Both companies are based in the
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Just over a decade ago, Adrian Hoffman ate a seafood meal that set him on the path to creating what would become Four Star Seafood, a successful seafood distribution business that recently expanded on the West Coast of the U.S.
Originally a chef by trade, Hoffman and his business partner Ismael Macias met working together at high-end restaurants in San Francisco, California. After becoming friends, they both left the company they worked
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American shrimp-farming company American Mariculture, along with American Penaeid and Sun Shrimp Gourmet, have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection citing financial difficulties following multiple hurricanes and business downturns.
Co-founded by Robin Pearl in 2013, the three companies’ original plan was to raise shrimp for consumption, but after operational issues early on, the company switched to producing broodstock for other
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Multiple companies in Russia have either reduced or completely eliminated fines brought against them by the Russian Federal Fisheries Agency (Rosrybolovstvo) after bringing the matters to court.
The Russian government first approved its investment quota program in 2017 and held its first round of auctions in March 2018. At the time, Rosrybolovstvo gave companies a five-year deadline to fulfill their commitment to either build a fishing
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The equipment and materials slated to be installed in AquaBounty Technologies’ Pioneer, Ohio, U.S.A.-based salmon recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) facility are up for auction now that the company has given up on the project.
New Mill Capital has listed a 4 February start date for the sale of AquaBounty’s assets related to its planned Ohio RAS. Equipment on offer includes HVAC systems; 40 disc filters; 30 Innovasea fingerling,
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